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Midwest Economy - Consumer Prices

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the U.S., Midwest, and selected metropolitan areas
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area

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data		 Annual
average
2011		 Nov
2011		 Dec
2011		 Percent change
Annual
average
2010 to
2011		 12 months
ended
Nov
2011		 Dec
2011

U.S. City Average
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 224.939 226.230 225.672 3.2 3.4 3.0

Midwest region (1)

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 214.743 215.614 215.173 3.2 3.3 2.8

Midwest City Size Class (population)

A (over 1.5 million)
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 215.155 216.097 215.633 3.2 3.2 2.7

B/C (50,000-1.5 million) (2)

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 138.078 138.453 138.186 3.3 3.3 2.9

D (less than 50,000)
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 211.452 212.907 212.505 3.4 3.3 3.1

Metropolitan areas

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI
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 218.684 219.181 218.180 2.7 2.9 2.1

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN (3)

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Cleveland-Akron, OH (4)

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 211.225 2.5

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI (4)

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 211.760 213.505 3.3 3.5

Milwaukee-Racine, WI (3)

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Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI (3)

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Footnotes
(1) The Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) Published only as semi-annual (6-month) average.
(4) Published in alternate months.

SOURCE: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.
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